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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Decolonising imperial heroes
T2 - Britain and France
AU - Jones, Max
AU - Sèbe, Berny
AU - Strachan, John
AU - Taithe, Bertrand
AU - Yeandle, Peter
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The heroes of the British and French empires stood at the vanguard of the vibrant cultures of imperialism that emerged in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. Yet imperial heroes did not disappear after 1945 as British and French flags were lowered around the world. On the contrary, their reputations underwent a variety of metamorphoses in both the former metropoles and the former colonies. The introduction to this special issue of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History presents an overview of the changing history and historiography of imperial heroes half a century after the end of empire.
AB - The heroes of the British and French empires stood at the vanguard of the vibrant cultures of imperialism that emerged in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. Yet imperial heroes did not disappear after 1945 as British and French flags were lowered around the world. On the contrary, their reputations underwent a variety of metamorphoses in both the former metropoles and the former colonies. The introduction to this special issue of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History presents an overview of the changing history and historiography of imperial heroes half a century after the end of empire.
U2 - 10.1080/03086534.2014.959715
DO - 10.1080/03086534.2014.959715
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 787
EP - 825
JO - Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
JF - Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
SN - 0308-6534
IS - 5
ER -